Political Parties

Political party is an organized group of people who have common policies about the government and act together as a political unit to control the government with the aim of carrying out their policies. This book clearly explains the structure of political party like the constituency branch, state branch, affiliated bodies, national working committee, national secretariat and national executive committee. It analyzes the types of political party like the mass party, broker party, totalitarian party, oligarchic party, militia party, cell party and religious party. It appraises the onerous functions of political party. It casts light on the party systems. It discusses the merits and demerits of one-party system, two-party system and multi-party system. And it explores the distinctive factors that determine the electoral success of a political party.